Speaking in a session titled 'The Odd Couple: Will the Marriage in Paradise
Work?' on the second day of the two-day event, Mehbooba defended her party's
alliance with the BJP which she called "a partnership, not a marriage".

Several issues, including those related to land acquisition and multiple
clearances, remain, threatening to dampen investors' interest in the Indian
manufacturing sector, said panelists at the session 'Make in India: Smart
Sell or Game Changer?' on the second day of the India Today Conclave.

Dissent is the bedrock of democracy, said leaders of the Congress, BJP,
Trinamool Congress, CPM and Indian National Lok Dal at the India Today
Conclave and that there should be limitations on dissent within
political parties.

Is a chief minister in India more powerful than Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
That was the question debated by chief ministers from five states - Haryana,
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Delhi - at the closing session of
the India Today Conclave in New Delhi.